BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls

E Georgiades; J J Reilly; E Stathopoulou; A M Livingston; Y P Pitsiladis

doi:10.1136/adc.88.11.978

BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls

Arch Dis Child. 2003 Nov;88(11):978-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.88.11.978.

Authors

E Georgiades¹, J J Reilly, E Stathopoulou, A M Livingston, Y P Pitsiladis

Affiliation

¹ University of Glasgow, Centre for Exercise Science and Medicine, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.

Abstract

Body mass index (BMI) distribution changes were assessed in 2547 relatively affluent English girls, aged 12-16 years, during the UK childhood obesity epidemic (1986-96). An increase in BMI variability was observed only in 12-14 year olds, suggesting that BMI changes for population subgroups were complex, and inconsistent with a generalised increase in BMI.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aging / pathology
Anthropometry
Body Mass Index*
Child
England / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Obesity / epidemiology*
Reference Values